Trump: For Many Years, No President Wanted to Go against China Economically, and We’re Going To Do It

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TRUMP: “It's really great to be here. We are going to have a discussion on how to get the country moving even more so. You probably saw that for many years, no president wanted to go against China economically. We are going to do it. We had a trade deficit of almost $500 billion last year with China. I have great respect for the President of China, President Xi is a friend of mine, and I am a friend of his and I like him a lot. But he is representing China and I’m representing the United States of America, and it was time we did something. I spoke with Jim just coming in, Jim is a great businessman, and he said, 'You are right. We can't continue to allow this to happen.' Hundreds of billions of dollars is taken out of our country and system."